Northern Circuit
Kings Chambers is ‘an excellent set of Court of Protection barristers who are experienced and knowledgeable’. The ‘impressive advocate’ Sam Karim KC heads the practice, and is sought after for his expertise in handling complex cases concerning serious medical treatment, deprivation of liberty and capacity issues. Helen Mulholland KC specialises in representing families, the Official Solicitor and hospital trusts in serious medical treatment cases. The ‘insightful’ Sophie Allan is frequently instructed on behalf of protected parties and local authorities in cases concerning challenges to deprivation of liberty applications and complex capacity issues. The ‘forward-thinking’ Sophie Hurst is active in inherent jurisdiction matters, which are also a core pillar of Richard Borrett‘s practice.
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Position
Sam’s main areas of practice are administrative law (including commercial judicial review) and human rights law, regulatory law, public procurement and state aid law, Court of Protection and mental health, arbitration (domestic and international commercial) and information law. He has been a member of the Attorney General’s regional panel of Treasury Counsel for almost a decade and has been constantly recommended as a leading junior. Sam is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Court.
Career
LLM(Lond.), LLB(Hons), PG Dip Laws, MCIArb (Int. Arbitration) Call in 2002 (Grays Inn).
Kings Chambers: Head of Administrative & Public Law; Head of Recruitment
Memberships
Member of the Executive Committee of the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
Northern Administrative Law Association (NALA), Acting Chair
Founding member and Chair of the Kings Community Care and Disability Rights Association
Education
LLB (Hons), LLM (Lond.), PG Dip Law, MCIArb (Intl. Arbitration)
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- ‘Sam is calm, focused and unflappable. Where there are problems, Sam will find workable solutions. His advice is always reassuringly clear and intellectually sound.‘